The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-10-20
Democratic Platform.

| The Democratic party OF Ohio, IN
convention assembled, hereby reiter-
ates its hearty. unqualified endorses
ment of the honest. patriotic and ecop-
omical Administration oil Pre- ident
| Cleveland.
We demand such judicious reduction
! of the present bur.hensOme tariff as
shall result in producing a revenue suf-
fcient only TO meet the expenses OF an
economical administration of the Gov
ernment, the payment of liberal PEN
sioas to Union soldiers and sailors, and
the paymen. of the interest and prInci-
pal of the public debt and if necessary
we favor such reduction of internal
revenue. except on liquor, as will pre-.
vent the accumulation of a surplus in
the National Treasury.
We denounce any attempt to abolish
the tax on liquors for the purpose OF
keeping up the present unjust, unequal
and onerous tariff system.
We call attention to and affirm as
sound doctrine and policy the following
emphatic and patriotic language OF
President Cleveland "Our public do
main is our Natioyal wealth, the earn
est of our growth and heritage OF our
people. 1t should promise timcless
velopment and riches, relief to crowd
ing population and homes TO thrift and
| industry. These inestimable advan-
tages should be jealously guarded, and
careful and enlightened policy on
the part of the Government should Sc
cure them TO the people"
We demand that all lands of the Gov
ernmcnt be held for actual settlers who
are citizens of the United States, and
for those who declare their intention to
| become such.
We are in hearty sympathy with all
people struggling to free themselves
from the environments cf despotism
and especially does the long and gal
liant struggle Of Ireland for the price
less boon of home rule and the right of
manhood evoke our warmest applause
and commend our heartiest good wishes
for speedy success.
Labor, being the chief factor and
great ccnservator of free and liberal
institutions, should enjoy its iull share
of the common benefits derived there
from therefore, we favor such re-
straints of the Capitalization and en-
croachment of corporate power as will
bring the beat possible protection TO
honest labor and a. the same time con-
serv he -.erests of honstly employed
capital.
i've favor such legislation on the
question of immigration as will pre-
vent the landing. for permanent resi-
dence, Of aliens who are not willing TO
declare their intention of becoming
citizens of the United States.
We declare our opposition to the
importation of contract labor and We
demand speedy punishment of Gll per-
sons melting riot and revolution against
Republican institutions.
We denounce the present Republi-
can State Administration as weak, par
tisan, personal and unbusinesslike we
call upon the people of Ohio to turn
ou, of power State government whose
only apparent mission is to augment
expenditures, multiply Offices. create
deficiency and increase taxation with
the bankruptcy Of the Treasury as the
ultimate result we denounce the late
Republican Legislature for its coward
iy and hypocriticai alliance through
intrigue with the Republican Board o!
Public Works and Republican Attor-
ney General in the scheme whereby
millions of dollars of property of the
State is to be transferred TO corpora
tions interested in creating monopoly
| of TRANSPORTATION without the State or
the people thereof receiving any bene-
fit therefrom.
We demand the fullest safeguards for
the ballot box, the punishment OF all
who seek to corrupt it, and the enact
| ment of law making it a felony for
corporations, capitalists and employers
to iniimidate or attempt to control the
political action of their employees.
We favor home rule in the manage
ment and control of municipal affairs,
and denounce the partisan acts passed
by the late Republican Legislature to
subserve the interests of scheeming
politicians, and We demand the repeal
of all laws which deprive the electors
| of the exercise of their. constitutional
privileges.
The commercial and industrial In
teresis OF the State require that equal
use of all transportation facilities be
secured to all, or equal terms, and we
demand that favorilism by common
carriers and the employme OF corpor-
ators' franchises to foster mOsopolies
and oppress the people be prohibited
by law, an! that pools, combinations,
trusts or conspiracics to corner or lore
stall the IN market and to fetter and crush
free competition, be suppressed. by leg
islation.
We declare in favor of prompt regu-
ton of the liquor traffic, and believe il
to be the duty of ali good citizens to aid
in reducing to a minimum the evils re-
sLlting thereirom, and to this eni favor
the submission OF an amendment to the
constitution providing for the license OF
such taatiic.
The platform was adopted without a
dissenting vote.